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What is Prototypal Inheritance in JavaScript?

Prototypal Inheritance is JavaScript's inheritance mechanism where objects inherit properties and methods from other objects through the prototype chain. When a property is not found on an object, JavaScript looks up the prototype chain until it finds the property or reaches the end of the chain.

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